In the Multiverse, I Only Get Stronger by Marrying Wives

"He said he wants to see our performance," Miyamoto Daichoku said, his face grim.

"Isn't this just deliberately picking a fight?" Nita Goichi said.

Everyone present fell silent at this outcome.

"I say, did we offend him somehow?" someone asked.

"Impossible, this is our first time meeting him, how could we have offended him!" someone immediately retorted.

"But what's with that DOLLARS? Why can they enter the dungeon? I don't think their relationship is that good either," someone else said. "I even saw them meet this morning, and it didn't seem like a very pleasant encounter."

The crowd began to voice their opinions, analyzing the current situation.

The dungeon's profits were not something they could skip. If they skipped this part, they would drop from being top-tier players to second-tier players.

Moreover, after finally reaching level 20 with excitement to unlock the dungeon, and rushing over here, no one was willing to return dejectedly to grind those ordinary wild monsters.

But even after gathering together and discussing it back and forth, they came to no conclusion.

Even if they had truly offended the other party, they couldn't figure out who it was or how they had offended him.

"Could it be that we didn't offer enough benefits?"

Afterward, someone else suggested.

"You mean, he's just occupying the dungeon to collect resources?" Kyuutake Itsuki mused.

He was very familiar with this aspect; he was a yakuza enforcer and had considerable experience in such matters.

It was just that today, he had gone from being the one collecting protection fees to the one who had to pay protection fees.

Just thinking about it made him unwilling.

But reality was like this; if you were weaker than others, you had no choice but to smile and hand over your profits to them.

"If he's unhappy with some of us, then we should definitely give him appropriate compensation," Miyamoto Daichoku agreed with this line of reasoning.

"Then hand over all the resources you have!" Kyuutake Itsuki said unceremoniously.

"Why should it be taken from us?"

The other players, upon hearing this, were naturally very displeased.

"Talk any more nonsense and I'll kill you!" Kyuutake Itsuki instantly stood up from the ground, drawing his greatsword.

Miyamoto Daichoku also drew his pistol.

"Everyone, just be obedient and hand over all your items. We'll decide together through the committee to choose a gift for Tsukikawa Shu, otherwise, none of us will get to enter the dungeon!" Nita Goichi also stood up and said.

Money from the outside world naturally couldn't impress the other party; only resources from the Inner World could.

Under the threats of Kyuutake Itsuki and Miyamoto Daichoku, everyone reluctantly threw all the items from their backpacks onto the ground.

However, after carefully examining everyone's items, both Kyuutake Itsuki and Miyamoto Daichoku's expressions turned very ugly.

They had originally thought they could scrape together a gift by just squeezing others, paying off this protection fee first. But after forcing everyone to hand over all their items, they realized that compared to Tsukikawa Shu, they were...

Pathetic, extremely pathetic!

"You only have these things? What use are these things!"

Kyuutake Itsuki angrily threw a Fine Grade dagger onto the ground.

The highest grade weapons these people had were Fine Grade. It was the same for their items and materials.

Would Tsukikawa Shu even care about these things? Not likely!

Then there were hard currencies like Refined Ore. For people who considered these Fine Grade weapons treasures, they naturally wouldn't be able to perform operations like dismantling weapons and items.

Refined Ore had several main sources: a chance to drop from killing rock-type monsters, obtaining it from treasure chests, grinding dungeons, and dismantling weapons.

The latter two were naturally impossible for this group of people. Their sources of Refined Ore were only the first two, and the quantity they obtained was extremely limited.

The Refined Ore from eight people combined was less than a thousand pieces. Could that be considered a grand gift?!

"How about... we add our own weapons too?"

Miyamoto Daichoku hesitated for a long time before finally suggesting it with a pained expression.

On the scene, only Kyuutake Itsuki and Miyamoto Daichoku, the two level 20 players, had Rare Grade weapons.

"Are you stupid? He already has Epic Grade weapons, why would he want our weapons? To dismantle them into Refined Ore?" Kyuutake Itsuki scoffed.

Just the thought of gifting the weapons he had painstakingly acquired to someone else, Kyuutake Itsuki's first reaction was absolute refusal.

Even if the other party might like it, he wouldn't give it to him. A large part of the reason he was able to survive until level 20 was because his weapon's quality was high enough to deal with higher-level wild monsters and gain more experience points.

Facing Kyuutake Itsuki's scolding, the other players were also helpless.

If they had good items, would they be desperately begging others for a chance to grind dungeons?

Everyone fell silent again.

"We can't gather a gift with items from the Inner World," Kyuutake Itsuki snorted coldly.

"What decent items do you people have?"

He then set his sights on the students.

"Yes, whatever valuable things you have at home, hand them over to me and write an IOU for everything!" Nita Goichi also said.

Everyone could only comply, listing the things they could offer from the outside world.

Towards this group of Shuchiin Academy students, Kyuutake Itsuki and Miyamoto Daichoku didn't see them as employers, but merely as walking ATMs. Their previous obedience was only because they were still in the outside world.

Once they entered the Inner World, it became the home ground for these high-level players!

However, the resources from the outside world were even less likely to form a satisfactory gift.

Some could offer large sums of money, others could cede power, and some were even hidden big shots in the entertainment industry, controlling quite a few signed actresses.

But this money and power, which would make people flock to them in the outside world, held no appeal to the players in the Inner World.

"Right, didn't that guy post that 'Widely Recruiting Virtuous Wives' thread on the forum?"

At this moment, a frail-looking boy suddenly suggested, "Why don't we... give him a woman?"

Silence fell over the group again.

"How dare you make such a demand!"

Then, the girls present exploded.

"We won't marry someone like that!"

"Exactly! Who knows how he'd treat women? Anyone who posts such a thread on the forum is clearly no good."

"You're a student of Shuchiin Academy, and you dare to make such a demand!"

"I think you're asking for a beating!"

"No, no, no, I didn't mean you guys."

The frail boy quickly explained, "I meant Fujiwara, send Fujiwara away!"

"Fujiwara? I remember Fujiwara talked with that Tsukikawa Shu, and they got along pretty well. It's just that Fujiwara never agreed to him..."

"Fujiwara?" Kyuutake Itsuki asked, confused.

"She's our Student Council secretary, Fujiwara Chika," someone added.

"I remember now, she contacted Tsukikawa Shu before, and they chatted a few times."

"It's her. At least Tsukikawa Shu values her quite a bit."

"Yes, yes! He even gave her a few Experience Cards."

"That Tsukikawa Shu must be interested in her, but she never agreed."

"If we send her over, Tsukikawa Shu should be lenient with us."

The crowd chattered, sharing what they knew.

"Ah, that young lady, she's indeed quite good," Kyuutake Itsuki nodded.

"But... isn't that too unfair to Fujiwara-san?" someone timidly raised an objection.

As soon as the words left their mouth, they were immediately attacked by the crowd.

"Do you want to die? If we don't do this, how can we develop?!"

"It's not you being sent away, so why are you saying so much?"

"You pity her? If you pity her so much, why don't you go with her?"

"This is for the benefit of the collective. Fujiwara hasn't even hired bodyguards and has been freeloading protection from us bodyguard players all this time. Now it's time for her to contribute!"

"If anyone's to blame, it's her for not agreeing to him sooner! And for making us make this decision."

Under the onslaught of so many people, the dissenting student immediately deflated and dared not speak further.

And for a moment, everyone realized that Fujiwara Chika was indeed the perfect candidate!

The entire committee was currently stuck because of Tsukikawa Shu, unable to clear dungeons, and their strength had stagnated. For everyone, this was a disaster in this cruel world.

If this wasn't resolved quickly, their levels, equipment, and resources would be far behind others, and they would become prey.

But what if only one person was sacrificed?

Sacrifice one to benefit all, and the sacrificed person isn't oneself. Wasn't this the most profitable deal in this world?

Furthermore, considering contributions from the group, Fujiwara Chika was undoubtedly the best candidate.

Although she was the Student Council secretary in school, she was completely useless in this Inner World!

A young lady with no strength to even tie up a chicken, unable to do manual labor, and wasting precious food every day.

Even more shameful was that she hadn't even hired bodyguards and had been freeloading protection from others for so many days!

Such a burden, directly thrown to that great demon as a wife, letting him fend for himself, would not only earn them leniency from Tsukikawa Shu but also get rid of a liability.

Killing two birds with one stone!

"Since everyone agrees, let's decide on this," Nita Goichi said with a smile.

"Go and call her over."

Fujiwara Chika was currently lying on the sofa, idly plucking the petals off a small wildflower. She plucked them one by one, deep in thought.

She was troubled.

"How should I explain this to my family? It's so annoying!"

Fujiwara Chika had absolutely no experience with this sort of thing.

She had grown up with an overprotective family, who had even forbidden her from engaging in vulgar entertainment like video games.

This also led her to develop a peculiar enjoyment in finding loopholes in her family's rules, indulging in subcultures that deviated from the mainstream otaku culture, such as German-style board games or puzzle games.

When it came to something like marriage, she needed to consider it even more carefully. Fujiwara Chika didn't know how her family would view the matter.

Would her doting relatives be able to accept Tsukikawa Shu, who already had two partners and might possibly have more in the future?

Tsukikawa Shu was a very assertive person. He was incredibly strong and naturally free-spirited, making it impossible for him to adhere to the strict rules of large families.

It was even less likely that he would submit to the arrangements of a prominent family and serve their interests.

This situation would inevitably lead to many conflicts and contradictions.